Job summary
Have you heard interesting things about the work Speech and Language Therapists working with adults with learning disabilities do?
This is a great opportunity to 'dip your toe in the water!' of this exciting and progressive clinical area. You might find it's just what you've been looking for.
Fixed Term/Internal Secondment Opportunity
We are looking for an enthusiastic Therapist join our well respected and innovative Adult Learning Disability (ALD) Directorate Speech and Language Therapy service. Therapists play an essential role within each Borough's multi-agency community ALD team and other commissioned services and contribute to several clinical pathways delivering high quality care to people with LD.
You will work as part of the Greenwich multi-disciplinary, integrated community learning disability team. You will have a caseload of young people/adults with varying degrees of learning disability, some of whom have complex needs including Dysphagia, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviour. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary team colleagues including Social Work, Community Nursing, Clinical Psychology, OT, Physio and Psychiatry.
Oxleas deliver ALD, ASD, SEND and Mental Health SaLT across three London Boroughs. We have a robust clinical supervision structure. The Consultant ALD/MH SaLT contributes to a number of Directorate/Trust Wide and national projects and initiatives.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the multi disciplinary Learning Disability Service, delivering high quality assessment and intervention to people with Learning Disabilities and their carers in accordance with the principles of 'Valuing People Now', Personalisation and RCSLT Five Good Communication Standards.
- To manage own caseload of clients with Learning Disabilities and with communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties.
- To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and Specialist Support Workers as directed by Functional Team Manager and Professional Lead for ALD SaLT.
- To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to people with Learning Disabilities in partnership with their families/carers.
- To act as part of the multi-disciplinary Learning Disability teams and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management and leadership responsibilities:
- To induct, train, review work performance and clinically supervise/appraise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant, Specialist Support Workers and studentsas identified.
- To provide mentoring and support to newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists (Band 5) in order to enable post holder to complete The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Competency Framework.
- To contribute to the development of Speech and Language Therapy Service policies and procedures.
- To contribute to LD Service development through relevant meetings and working groups.
- To plan and deliver training courses
- To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those withcomplex/challenging needs and their carers.
- To diagnose the communication impairments of people with learningdisabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the eating and drinking (dysphagia) skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To diagnose eating and drinking impairments of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To plan, implement and monitor specialised packages of care including direct therapy, advice and training.
- To contribute to specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and care packages.
- To contribute to medical diagnosis including differential diagnosis
- To contribute to and carry out Capacity to Consent Assessments in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act.
- To advise other teams within Oxleas LD directorate regarding transitions services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management and leadership responsibilities:
- To induct, train, review work performance and clinically supervise/appraise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant, Specialist Support Workers and studentsas identified.
- To provide mentoring and support to newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists (Band 5) in order to enable post holder to complete The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Competency Framework.
- To contribute to the development of Speech and Language Therapy Service policies and procedures.
- To contribute to LD Service development through relevant meetings and working groups.
- To plan and deliver training courses
- To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those withcomplex/challenging needs and their carers.
- To diagnose the communication impairments of people with learningdisabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the eating and drinking (dysphagia) skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To diagnose eating and drinking impairments of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs.
- To plan, implement and monitor specialised packages of care including direct therapy, advice and training.
- To contribute to specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and care packages.
- To contribute to medical diagnosis including differential diagnosis
- To contribute to and carry out Capacity to Consent Assessments in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act.
- To advise other teams within Oxleas LD directorate regarding transitions services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young people or adults with LD
- Completed RCSLT NQP competencies
Desirable
- Supervision of non-qualified staff
- Previous experience as a SaLT in LD
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to post graduate continuing education.
- Professional Speech and Language Therapy Qualification
- Member of HPC
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and use of low and high tech AAC systems including basic signing skills
- Awareness of the RCSLT Five Good Communication Standards
Desirable
- Post basic dysphagia training
- Experience of Total/Inclusive Communication Strategy Implementation
Effort and Environment
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites using own or public transport
- Ability to travel between sites using own or public transport
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young people or adults with LD
- Completed RCSLT NQP competencies
Desirable
- Supervision of non-qualified staff
- Previous experience as a SaLT in LD
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to post graduate continuing education.
- Professional Speech and Language Therapy Qualification
- Member of HPC
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and use of low and high tech AAC systems including basic signing skills
- Awareness of the RCSLT Five Good Communication Standards
Desirable
- Post basic dysphagia training
- Experience of Total/Inclusive Communication Strategy Implementation
Effort and Environment
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites using own or public transport
- Ability to travel between sites using own or public transport
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
